The Great British Pubco Scam. Pubs are closing all over Britain yet pubs are places that most people love and think fondly of as some of the most significant, treasured, iconic parts of our culture, places to be cherished, nurtured and looked after. Yet they're closing everywhere... WHY? It doesn't make sense does it? Read on...
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Sunday, April 04, 2010

Drinking climate’s changing

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/forum.ma/SaveGenericPost/74306

Paul Charity's general assessement reflects a more empirical overview than that of the Daily Mail. The direct outcomes of the implementation of the licensing act are more a case of work in progress than a shock horror naked drinkers' storm city centres that some non trade journalists would have us believe in their desire to sell column inches.

Britain has had its own 'cafe culture' since the dawn of history and it is PUBS. The shame for pubs is that Britain's narrow minded big business approach to retail has dominated progress in the pub market and never nurtured a discussion about what the pub really means to our society.

There has been little development of the concept of what the pub really means to our society, where pubs fit alongside rapidly changing cultural values, work patterns and expectations of family behaviour, or of how pubs sit in their role in local community cohesion and the changing needs and aspriations of their catchment.

Pubs have not evolved enough in line whith what is happening in British society. Lawmakers are out of touch because there is not a competent enough dialogue with the shop floor nor the consumer. Our Big Business Culture is a considerable part of this failiure.

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J Mark Dodds

I’m one of the Pub Persuaders, one of the Pub Professionals, one of the People who knows what’s going on – in PUBS that is - and this blog is about pubs, why they are so important to people and why they must be preserved, reinvigorated, enhanced and remade fit for purpose for the 21st century and beyond and how they must be made sustainable so that future generations can enjoy and learn from the rich seams of knowledge that can be found on everyone’s doorstep in every humble pub – until it’s closed forever – until it’s too late and people say ‘what happened to our pub? We really NEEDED that pub!’
I’m a publican, parent and photographer with a lot of food and drink experience in some of the busiest restaurants and clubs in Britain. Since long before 2008 (when I co-founded the Fair Pint Campaign) I’ve been a pro pubs, people and places person at the forefront of the national conversation about why pubs are closing… everywhere.
I love good pubs, my kids love good pubs, all my friends love good pubs – everyone loves good pubs and I’m determined to make sure good pubs remain part of everybody’s experience - of growing up in the UK and of visiting this country.